Springfield weekly Republican

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The cargo was transferred to the

Plane Tampa, which reached Santos

late in the day. The landing at San

tos was made in a heavy sea, the

Tampa damaging a wing tip and re

maining there overnight.

The mail was again transferred to

the Porto Alegre, which relayed the

cargo farther along the line.

The mail left Port au Prince, Haiti,

this morning and stops were made at

Santiago and Cienfuegos, Cuba, on the

way to Miami.

Time from Buenos Aires to Miami

was six and one-half days as compar

ed with 18 days by the fastest steam

ers, Nyrba officials pointed out, while

the air time from Rio de Janeiro was

five days as compared with 14 days by

steamer.

NAVY AIRMAN DIVES

5000FEETTO DEATH

Ensign McMullen Killed in

Spectacular Crash at Bal

boa in Aerial Maneuvers

Aboard U. S. S. Tennessee, via

Balboa, Canal Zone, Friday. Feb. 21—

Ensign W. McMullen, U. S. N. R„ was

instantly killed today in a spectacular

aerial accident while '‘enemy" planes

from the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Sar

atoga made a bombing "attack” on

her sister ship, the U. S. S. Lexing

ton.

McMullen, who lived at Detroit,

Mich., flew at the Cleveland air races

last year as a member of the “High

Hats,” a noted flying squadron.

From a hight of 5000 feet, McMullen

put his plane into a vertical dive and

dropped in the direction of the for

ward part of the Lexington at an esti

mated speed of between 250 and 300

miles an hour.

At an altitude of 300 feet, McMullen

ai’i. wu plane sharply out of the

J 7l1 11 his ship reached a posi

^out 45 degrees from the

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Springfield weekly Republican. (1930). Springfield, Mass., 1930-03-06. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1930-03-06/ed-1/?sp=7

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Springfield weekly Republican, 1930-03-06.